Full Stack Software Engineer (L5) - Delivery Engineering
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
Who we are Delivery Engineering is the group within the Productivity Engineering org that is responsible for the continuous delivery of software and infrastructure changes across all Netflix services. Delivery Engineering is split into two teams - Delivery Orchestration, which owns core orchestration and safety capabilities, and Delivery Experiences, which owns the end-user software delivery experiences for Netflix engineers. There are available roles on both teams.
We work cross-functionally with partners across engineering to make working inside the Netflix engineering ecosystem more efficient and enjoyable for all. We focus on increasing productivity, minimizing toil, and increasing the frequency and safety of software deployments.
What you could work on Our team is primarily responsible for the developer platforms that roll out software and infrastructure changes to the entire Netflix fleet. We do this through our Continuous Delivery (CD) system Spinnaker, and our higher level declarative delivery-based platform, Managed Delivery. We are working to converge these products into one cohesive Delivery experience. Some example goals for projects include:
Improve the user experience across Spinnaker and Managed Delivery, allowing for users to get the benefits from both systems.
Build a platform for our partner teams to build specific experiences tailored to their customers with ease.
Increase the safety and ease of deployments by implementing safe by default and extendible deployment and verification patterns for our users.
What We’ll Expect From You We are seeking a full stack engineer who is comfortable writing, improving, and maintaining critical services at our scale. Below are the specific behaviors and competencies important for this role.
Behaviors
Mentorship mindset: You have helped grow early-career engineers. You feel a sense of fulfillment in mentoring them.
Communicate: You are proficient in verbal and written mediums at explaining topics the audience was unfamiliar with.
Collaborate: You enjoy collaborating with multiple teams and use your communication skills to influence product direction and keep stakeholders in the loop.
Platform mindset: You have worked on infrastructure or platform teams where other engineers at the company were your customers.
Provide and take feedback: Proficient at actively soliciting and providing feedback (technical, behavioral, instilling team norms).
Selfless: You seek what is best for Netflix and make time to help colleagues across the team succeed.
Comfortable with ambiguity: You are curious and enjoy working on ambiguous problems where the solutions still need to be defined. You excel at cross-functional ownership and driving alignment to reach a decision, even when it is outside of your wheelhouse.
A deep sense of ownership: You take deep ownership of your projects. Feel pride in delivering great work and pay attention to the details.
Customer empathy: A user-centric mindset, always considering the end-user experience.
Qualifications
Ability to write code for both front-end and back-end
Experienced with Java or other JVM languages and JavaScript (Angular or React)
Able to break down complexity, iterate, and communicate progress to a wide variety of partners and stakeholders.
Comfortable participating in an on-call rotation.
Nice to Have:
Have worked on a developer platform team where other engineers were your customers.
What to Expect From Us
High Impact - your work will touch every engineer at the company and be crucial for the ongoing success of Netflix.
Stunning Colleagues - you will be working with other excellent people with diverse perspectives, who value collaboration, working to excel as the “dream team”.
Energizing Challenges - there is a wealth of opportunity when working on complex technical projects and our culture both enables and encourages you to rise to the challenges.
Feedback – you will constantly have opportunities for growth because meaningful positive and constructive feedback is part of everyday life at Netflix.
Our culture is unique, and we live by our values, so it’s worth learning more about Netflix culture.
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000 - $720,000.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
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Full Stack Software Engineer (L5) - Delivery Engineering
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
Who we are Delivery Engineering is the group within the Productivity Engineering org that is responsible for the continuous delivery of software and infrastructure changes across all Netflix services. Delivery Engineering is split into two teams - Delivery Orchestration, which owns core orchestration and safety capabilities, and Delivery Experiences, which owns the end-user software delivery experiences for Netflix engineers. There are available roles on both teams.
We work cross-functionally with partners across engineering to make working inside the Netflix engineering ecosystem more efficient and enjoyable for all. We focus on increasing productivity, minimizing toil, and increasing the frequency and safety of software deployments.
What you could work on Our team is primarily responsible for the developer platforms that roll out software and infrastructure changes to the entire Netflix fleet. We do this through our Continuous Delivery (CD) system Spinnaker, and our higher level declarative delivery-based platform, Managed Delivery. We are working to converge these products into one cohesive Delivery experience. Some example goals for projects include:
Improve the user experience across Spinnaker and Managed Delivery, allowing for users to get the benefits from both systems.
Build a platform for our partner teams to build specific experiences tailored to their customers with ease.
Increase the safety and ease of deployments by implementing safe by default and extendible deployment and verification patterns for our users.
What We’ll Expect From You We are seeking a full stack engineer who is comfortable writing, improving, and maintaining critical services at our scale. Below are the specific behaviors and competencies important for this role.
Behaviors
Mentorship mindset: You have helped grow early-career engineers. You feel a sense of fulfillment in mentoring them.
Communicate: You are proficient in verbal and written mediums at explaining topics the audience was unfamiliar with.
Collaborate: You enjoy collaborating with multiple teams and use your communication skills to influence product direction and keep stakeholders in the loop.
Platform mindset: You have worked on infrastructure or platform teams where other engineers at the company were your customers.
Provide and take feedback: Proficient at actively soliciting and providing feedback (technical, behavioral, instilling team norms).
Selfless: You seek what is best for Netflix and make time to help colleagues across the team succeed.
Comfortable with ambiguity: You are curious and enjoy working on ambiguous problems where the solutions still need to be defined. You excel at cross-functional ownership and driving alignment to reach a decision, even when it is outside of your wheelhouse.
A deep sense of ownership: You take deep ownership of your projects. Feel pride in delivering great work and pay attention to the details.
Customer empathy: A user-centric mindset, always considering the end-user experience.
Qualifications
Ability to write code for both front-end and back-end
Experienced with Java or other JVM languages and JavaScript (Angular or React)
Able to break down complexity, iterate, and communicate progress to a wide variety of partners and stakeholders.
Comfortable participating in an on-call rotation.
Nice to Have:
Have worked on a developer platform team where other engineers were your customers.
What to Expect From Us
High Impact - your work will touch every engineer at the company and be crucial for the ongoing success of Netflix.
Stunning Colleagues - you will be working with other excellent people with diverse perspectives, who value collaboration, working to excel as the “dream team”.
Energizing Challenges - there is a wealth of opportunity when working on complex technical projects and our culture both enables and encourages you to rise to the challenges.
Feedback – you will constantly have opportunities for growth because meaningful positive and constructive feedback is part of everyday life at Netflix.
Our culture is unique, and we live by our values, so it’s worth learning more about Netflix culture.
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000 - $720,000.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.